Civil war

JY-Civil War Timeline

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    Civil War Timeline

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    California would be a free state to appease the North, and more effective fugitive slave laws were created to appease the South.
  • Underground Railroad

    Underground Railroad

    The conductors hid slaves and provided them with supplies during their escape North. One Notable conductor was Harriet Tubman, who freed over 300 slaves
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin

    This book shows Harriet Beecher Stowe's views on slavery. It stirred many Northern abolitionists to protest the newly passed Fugitive Slave Act.
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott, a slave, sued his owner for freedom because he was taken into free territory, but the Supreme Court ruled against Scott.
  • Harper's Ferry/John Brown's Raid

    Harper's Ferry/John Brown's Raid

    John Brown, an abolitionist, led a group of 21 men to Harper's Ferry to capture the federal armory in an attempt to start a slave uprising. He failed.
  • Election of Abraham Lincoln

    Election of Abraham Lincoln

    Loncoln won the election, even without any of the eelectoral votes from the Southern states.
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    Secession of the South

    After the election of Lincoln, many states seceded from the Union. South Carolina was the first to secede, followed by Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Later, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina ,and Virginia eventually seceded after the fall of Fort Sumter.
  • Secession of the South (Picture)

    Secession of the South (Picture)

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  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    The Confederates take the most important Union fort in the South to start the war. Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina ,and Virginia seceded after the fall of Fort Sumter.
  • Conscription

    Conscription

    This happened throughout the war. Used by both sides, it forcedmen to join the army
  • Income Tax

    Income Tax

    This happened throughout the war. The first inmoce tax was placed during the Civil War by Congress to help pay for the war.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln freed all slaves in the South, and ensured that a compromise was no longer possible by outlawing slavery. Unfortunately, it did not free many slaves.
  • The Gettysburg Adress

    The Gettysburg Adress

    A ceremony was held after the Battle of Gettysburg, in which Lincoln made a speech that "remade America."
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox

    General Grant of the Union and General Lee of the Confederacy meet at the Appomattox Court House to descuss terms of surrender. General Grant was very generous to the Confederates, at the request of President Lincoln.
  • Lincoln's Assassination

    Lincoln's Assassination

    John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln five days after the end of the Civil War at Ford's Theater.